As soon as the imperial edict was issued, the court was shocked.

Concubine Shu fainted on the spot.

Song Si came out of the palace and was still a little dazed. After getting on the carriage, he was speechless until he got off the carriage and walked into the house. He only felt weak in his legs and feet holding onto the courtyard wall.

Today, he only saw what the wrath of an emperor is.

Song Wanyue happened to come out of the house. Seeing him like this, she ran over to help him. She noticed his hands trembling, "Brother, are you scared?"

"Yes, some of the legs are weak."

Song Si honestly admitted that there was nothing to be ashamed of in front of his sister.

Song Wanyue laughed and helped him into the house.

The old gentlemen and the others were also shocked after hearing him.

They thought that with the emperor's favor for the third prince, even if he was sent to a bitter and cold place, he would not be sent to Youzhou. That "Youzhou" was desolate all year round and had few people, and it was a place where even the soldiers were unwilling to guard.

"Yue'er..."

The old man wanted to speak but stopped, and he felt a little uneasy.

Song Wanyue looked at him and waited for the words behind him.

Looking at her tender little face, the old man swallowed the words behind and changed the topic, "What are your plans next?"

The third prince was punished and the people from the Duke of Qi's mansion were demoted to common people. The Gu family's revenge was avenged.

"When I get one million taels of silver, I will go back and bury the Gu family."

The old man became more and more worried, but he didn't say it, "Okay, I can take a two-day rest and go back with you."

"You are not going back, and your elder brother will get married in a few months. If you are going to work back and forth, your body can't stand it, so stay in the capital to recuperate and wait until the spring next year."

The old man waved his hand, "Where is the best place in Qingping County in the capital? It is the most suitable place to retire there. That's it. When the money is obtained, we will go back."

...

Luanfeng Palace.

Concubine Shu woke up slowly, forced herself to help the palace servants up, and ordered her personal nanny to "take out the silver and money box of my palace."

The personal nanny went to get it. She opened the one she had just arrived in front of her, counted with red eyes, "It's a total of 150,000 taels."

In recent years, Concubine Shu was favored, and the emperor gave a lot of rewards, but those were all real items, and only these were silver notes.

Concubine Shu closed the box and said, "Go to the Third Prince's Mansion."

In the Third Prince's Mansion, the palace people were in and out in panic and packed up their things.

The third prince lay in the inner room and waved away all the people who served him.

Hearing the report that Concubine Shu was coming, he forced himself to stand up and come out to greet him, "Mother..."

Bang!

Concubine Shu slapped him hard in the face, making his head tilt, "How can you..."

Before he finished speaking, Shufei's tears fell.

The third prince knelt down, "The son-in-law has brought shame to his mother."

"Yi'er..."

Concubine Shu hugged him and cried bitterly, and the palace people also cried.

Without the third prince, the empress will not have a better life in the palace in the future.

The personal nanny choked up and persuaded her, and Concubine Shu and the third prince entered the house.

The moment she closed the door, Shufei's tears disappeared completely, and the third prince's weakness also faded away.

They had already known the result two days ago, but today they were just showing off for everyone.

"Don't worry, my son..."

Concubine Shu looked ruthless, "Mother Mother will not let you suffer this pain for nothing. Mother Mother will personally send one million taels to the girl from the Song family, so that everyone in the world knows that she has received one million taels. I want to see if she is alive to return to Qingping County."

"It's a worry for my mother."

Concubine Shu touched his face with distress, "Did the mother start a heavy move just now? Does it hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt, mom, don't blame yourself."

Concubine Shu let go of her hand, put the box on the table, took out a stack from the cuff, and placed it on the box, "There are 300,000 taels in total, and the mother's entire family is ready."

"Mother..."

"Take it, go to Youzhou to take care of yourself, and do the errands your father gave you earlier, come back early."

"My son remembered."

A quarter of an hour later, Concubine Shu rushed out of the Third Prince's house and left crying. After returning to the palace, she ran directly to the Yangxin Palace to ask the emperor, saying that the third prince could not hold on to so much money, and the two of them combined to make up 300,000 taels.

The emperor was so soft-hearted that she cried, and announced the Minister of Revenue to come over and asked him to personally estimate the price of the Third Prince's Mansion and the things in the mansion, mortgaged it to the Ministry of Revenue, and borrowed 700,000 taels of silver from the Ministry of Revenue.

As soon as the emperor made this move, the government and the country were shocked again.

At the same time, I also felt dissatisfied with the Song family. The Gu family was just a merchant family. No matter how much money there was, it was impossible for a million taels of taels. The Song family obviously spoke up, but the emperor had to refuse to give it to him.

Xiao Yao didn't stay at the pastry shop today and never came over. When she heard the people who came to buy pastry, she was shocked. She said to the Huangcao couple and hurried there.

The old man and others have returned to Xu's mansion, with only Song Wanyue and Song Si here.

After hearing her words, Song Wanyue smiled.

Xiao Yao was so anxious that he said, "You still have the heart to laugh. You don't know how people are talking about it. You said that you rely on the support of the old man as your backing. The lion spoke up, and said, "Your elder brother is also greedy, and such a person is not worthy of being an official."

Song Wanyue smiled even more violently and poured her a glass of water, "Does Sister Yao think my elder brother is such a person?"

"Of course not."

"That's all, my mouth is on people. They can say whatever they want, and we just don't listen."

"But……"

Xiao Yao wanted to say something, Qing'er ran in panic, "Miss, Miss Song, it's not good, I saw Concubine Shu's guard of honor coming."

"What?"

Xiao Yao stood up in panic and was about to walk out, but Song Wanyue grabbed him, "Concubine Shu is here to find me, Sister Yao and her elder brother go out to avoid it."

"Yue'er..."

"Sister Yao is obedient, you can hide nearby. If Concubine Shu is not good for me, you can also go to Xu's house to report the news."

"Yue'er is right, let's go out."

Song Si pulled Xiao Yao out to hide from the corner.

People living in Nancheng are all merchant families, and they rarely see noble people traveling, especially the emperor's favorite concubine Shu. Whether old or young, male or female, they all hide behind the door to watch, and some even move ladders to climb up the wall and quietly poke out half of their heads.

The sedan chair stopped in front of the Song family.

The eunuch in charge of Luanfeng Palace stood at the door and shouted, "Empress Shu is here!"

After a while, there was movement in the yard. Song Wanyue ran out from inside with a wet hair dispersed, and there was still water dripping on her hair. She was obviously washing her hair.

After passing the threshold, he knelt down and kowtowed, "The Caomin greeted Concubine Shu."

The hair fell to the ground, stained with dust, and a layer of mud immediately formed.

Concubine Shu...

After working hard for a while, I got off the sedan chair, walked to Song Wanyue, bent down to support her.

"Thank you, Empress."

Song Wanyue stood up and threw her hair on Shufei, who immediately took a step back with disgust.
Chapter completed!